stressing “need for judicial restraint in invoking the en banc mechanism”
How later courts described this case
- stressing “need for judicial restraint in invoking the en banc mechanism”
- order staying discovery, July 22, 1977
- D.C. Court of Appeals, not D.C. Circuit, is “the final expositor of local law”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Judgment PER CURIAM.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
Dissenting opinion, in which Circuit Judges EDWARDS and GINSBURG join, filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.
JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM.
This cause came on to be heard on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was argued by counsel before the court en banc. While the issues presented occasion no need for an opinion, they have been accorded full consideration by the court. See Local Rule 13(c).
This court is of the view that the complaint filed in this case was properly dismissed by the District Court, basically for *1336 the reason stated in its order filed October 27, 1977.
On consideration of the foregoing, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED by this court that the judgment of the District Court appealed from in this cause is hereby affirmed.